The influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates.

ABSTRACT: The interplay between exogenous attention to emotional distractors and the baseline affective state has not been well established yet. The present study aimed to explore this issue through behavioral measures and event-related potentials (ERPs). Participants (N = 30) completed a digit categorization task depicted over negative, positive or neutral distractor background pictures, while they experienced negative, positive and neutral affective states elicited by movie scenes. Behavioral results showed higher error rates and longer reaction times for negative distractors than for neutral and positive ones, irrespective of the current emotional state. Neural indices showed that the participants' affective state modulated N1 amplitudes, irrespective of distractor type, while the emotional charg

SUBMITTER: Carboni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5556118 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature